Planet Water: Ocean Affects Weather and Climate (3:50) (howstuffworks.com)
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How do the ____________ affect our weather and ________________?On a clear and sunny day, the _________ may appear calm and at rest, but the ____________ in the ocean is never __________. Ocean waters __________ duringthe ___________ from the _____________ of the ______________ and from the __________ of the __________. There are ________ basic types of _________; ___________ and ____________. And each has different _____________. __________________ is a process where __________ moves through the __________________. It causes local winds and breezes. ________________ occurs because different ___________ of the Earth’s surface soaks up the _________ light in different ______________. For example, ___________ absorbs heatfaster during the __________ than the nearby ____________ waters, so during the daythe _______ over __________ is ______________ than air over the ___________.Since ___________ ________ is _______________ than cold air, the air over the land _____________ during the day. The movement of ______ _______ upward, _________ in ___________ air from the _______________. This causes ____________ to moveover both ___________ and _______________.The air over land rises so __________ it __________ again and moves _______ over the _____________. These circular air movements resulting from convection are whatmake up __________ winds and ____________.Similar ___________ also create the great __________ ____________ which movearound the Earth. The __________ waters receive much more heat from the _______ atthe Equator than at the ___________. Thus, the air over ______________ __________ waters found near the _____________ is ___________ than air over the frigid ________.As the warmer air __________ at the _____________, it is _____________ by cooler air being pulled in from the ______ and ______ poles. Warm air rises and moves toward the ___________ where it _________ and _______________, eventually to _____________ to the _______________. These air ______________ are what ___________ globalwinds. As the __________ __________ move, they also move the air and ___________ with them. Wind ___________ over the _____________ Ocean are _______________ moving these cloud formations toward __________________.As the body of air or ______ ________ carrying these ____________ meets other air masses of different _________________, an amazing thing occurs…_____________!For example, _____________ ocean air masses from _____________ may ___________ with ______________ air masses over the western _____________ and create ________.Local _________________ conditions including ____________, ___________________, ____________ and ______________ are called _______________. There is alwaysweather, whether it ____________ or not! The only places that have no ____________ are places without an _______________, like the ____________. _______________ of the South West U.S. are often times warm and receive little rain,we refer to these area as having _______, ______ climates. Weather in ____________ isusually ___________ and ___________. We refer to this area as having a __________ climate. Tropical regions of the world, like Florida, are ________ and ________, theseare called _______________ climates.
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